Zahlen

I was originally born in India, where I learned something different then here in Canada. Here, I hear (word pun!) that the symbol for Integers is I, however I recall being taught that Integer was represented by Z (as in the German word Zahlen) meaning "to count upwards".

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I believe imag numbers are represented with a C-, is it not? In the education system here, they showcase Integer as I.

C are complex numbers.

I are irrationals.

I can also represent the identity matrix.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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I prefer iR.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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Ah. So there is no actual specified system for the representation of such number systems. They should call it SINS, as in System Internationale Number Systems (not implying that it is morally degenerate however).

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Of course. But those are all just conventional. You could call the naturals F, although nobody would know you are referring to them, unless you specify your notation...

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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That is my pet peeve. I almost always go berserk when I am reading something and the guy defines something in a non standard way.Had a combinatorics and summation book like that. Insisted on using different symbols. Ripped em both up and burned em.

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